Eva Alcón Soler
Eva Alcón Soler (born 21 January 1963 Castelló de la Plana) is a Spanish academic, and politician. She is rector of Jaume I University.
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She is one of the first female university rectors in the country, and since 2023, the president of the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities.
Biography
She is a professor of English philology in the Department of English Studies at Jaume I University,[1] which she joined in 1993, she is director of the research group "Applied Linguistics to the Teaching of the English Language" (LAELA).[2] Her main research topics focus on English language acquisition. In her field of research, she published numerous scientific articles in international journals.
During her academic career, she was successively vice-dean of English philology (1999-2001), vice-rector of academic organization (2001-2006) and vice-rector of international cooperation (2006-2010).
In 2015, she was a candidate of the Valencian Socialist Party-PSOE (PSPV-PSOE) for the presidency of the Generalitat Valenciana.[3] She was elected a deputy to the Valencian Parliament in 2015, before resigning in 2017 to devote herself to university.[4]
In 2018, she was appointed rector of Jaume I University, becoming the first woman to hold this position in the history of this university.[5]
Since March 2023, she has been president of the Xarxa Vives d’universitats.[6] Since June 2023, she has also chaired the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities.[7]
References
- Press, Cadena SER,Agencia Europa (2023-05-23). "La rectora de la Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Eva Alcón, presidirá la Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Españolas (CRUE)". cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-27.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Eva Alcón | LAELA Research Group". gruplaela.uji.es. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- Beltran, Adolf (2015-03-18). "Puig ficha para la lista socialista a Eva Alcón, exvicerrectora de la Jaume I". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- Press, Europa (2017-04-05). "La diputada socialista en las Corts Eva Alcón renuncia a su acta para dedicarse a la investigación en la universidad". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- "Eva Alcón es elegida la primera rectora de la UJI con una participación récord". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- andres (2023-03-06). "La rectora de la Universitat Jaume I, Eva Alcón, assumeix la presidència de la Xarxa Vives". Xarxa Vives d'Universitats (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- Silió, Elisa (2023-05-23). "Una mujer presidirá la conferencia de rectores por segunda vez en sus casi 30 años". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-27.